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Floating in the Dead Sea – Jordan

June 29, 2012 By James Clark 5 Comments

Floating in the Dead Sea - Jordan

For as long as I have been listening to travellers tell tales about travel, floating on the water of the Dead Sea in Jordan (or Israel) always seems to make the list of things to do in ones life time.

I can now say that having floated in/on the Dead Sea, it is one of those experiences that has to be tried to be believed. I went into the water with the thought in the back of my mind that I might be the first person in recorded history to not float. I will defy its extra minerally saltiness and sink as if I was in ordinary sea water.

I walked out into the water until I was up to my neck, and sure enough my body weight was supported by the water. I could stand in the water with complete ease, even crossed armed and without dog paddling.

The next test was to lay flat on the water, making sure to keep my head (and especially my eyes) away from the water. Despite my best efforts to try and push my legs down, I was floating as if I was on a water bed – a bit saggy in the middle but mostly horizontal. Again, floating was effortless.

I forgot to bring a book to do the cliched photo, but you get the point in this picture.

I travelled to the Dead Sea as a guest of the Jordan Tourism Board.

Filed Under: Travel Blog Tagged With: dead sea, jordan

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James Clark is the founder of Nomadic Notes. He has been a digital nomad since 2003, and Nomadic Notes features trip reports, train travel articles, and where to stay guides. He writes about transport and urban development at Future Southeast Asia. Subscribe to the weekly travel newsletter.

Comments

  1. Annette | Bucket List Journey says

    July 1, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    I will say that this is on my Bucket List 🙂
    Though, I would have to bring the book and take the cheesy, cliche photo, because I am a cheeseball like that.

    Reply
    • James Clark says

      July 2, 2012 at 2:26 am

      You totally need to take a picture with a book/newspaper! I wish I had remembered as I’m a bit cheesy in that regard as well.

      Reply
  2. Jess Travel Blogger says

    July 19, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Brilliant!  It is on my list of things to do before I die for sure.  Glad it lived up to expectation 🙂

    Reply
    • James Clark says

      July 26, 2012 at 1:36 pm

      Yay, it’s so much fun!

      Reply
  3. sharon says

    July 1, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    hihihi my bucket is almost full..

    keep posting please

    thank you so much!

    Reply

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